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Episode 129: Hou Hanru

February 16, 2008 · Print This Article


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Hou Hanru
This week Brian, Marc, and Patrica sit down with Hou Hanru for a conversation over wine and olives.

Currently the Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs at SFAI, Hanru has curated a number of major international exhibitions including the Istanbul Biennale, Guangzhou Triennale, and 50th Venice Biennale.

The interview spans from Hanru’s education in china after the cultural revolution, globalism, principles of self organization, and what its like to curate both internationally and locally.

Hou Hanru
SFAI
Istanbul Biennale
Cultural Revolution
Guangzhou Triennale
Kwangju Bienniale
Venice Biennale
Whitney Biennial
Luxembourg Capital of Culture
Walter and McBean Galleries
Allora/Calzadilla
Édouard Manet
Joseph Kosuth
MoMA
Centre Pompidou
Jens Haaning
Central Institute of Fine Arts in Beijing
World Factory exhibition
Rem Koolhaas
Teddy Cruz
Didier Faustino
Clement Greenberg

Direct download: Bad_at_Sports_Episode_129-Hou_Hanru.mp3

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4 Responses to “Episode 129: Hou Hanru”

  1. Great interview west coast bureau!!!

  2. Yeah, great, guys! If the rest of we bureaus were as productive, R and D would have a much easier life!

  3. No shit!

    What ever became of the London Bureau?

  4. [...] San Francisco Art Institute has canceled closed the controversial Abdessemed exhibition as well as thethe public forum. The exhibition was curated by Hou Hanru, who was interviewed by us in Episode 129.  [...]

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